Analytical and High-Resolution EM Study of Crystalline Phases formed at Metal-Ceramic Interface

Author(s):  
N. Merk ◽  
A. P. Tomsia ◽  
G. Thomas

A recent development of new ceramic materials for structural applications involves the joining of ceramic compounds to metals. Due to the wetting problem, an interlayer material (brazing alloy) is generally used to achieve the bonding. The nature of the interfaces between such dissimilar materials is the subject of intensive studies and is of utmost importance to obtain a controlled microstructure at the discontinuities to satisfy the demanding properties for engineering applications . The brazing alloy is generally ductile and hence, does not readily fracture. It must also wett the ceramic with similar thermal expansion coefficient to avoid large stresses at joints. In the present work we study mullite-molybdenum composites using a brazing alloy for the weldment.A scanning electron micrograph from the cross section of the joining sequence studied here is presented in Fig. 1.

Author(s):  
Quentin Aten

This scanning electron micrograph shows a cross section of a cleaved silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafter. The wafer cleave passed through a partially released device that included the array of etch release holes visible in this image. The patterned monocrystalline silicon layer had a different crystalline orientation than the much thicker monocrystalline silicon substrate. When the wafer was cleaved, substrate silicon fractured along a single crystalline plane, leaving a flat, smooth surface. The patterned layer did not share this crystalline plane, and fractured in many directions resulting in an irregular, multi-faceted surface.


2007 ◽  
Vol 121 (10) ◽  
pp. 993-997 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Barakate ◽  
E Beckenham ◽  
J Curotta ◽  
M da Cruz

Introduction: The organisms that cause many device-related and other chronic infections actually grow in biofilms in or on these devices. We sought to examine the role of biofilm formation in chronic middle-ear ventilation tube infection.Case report: Scanning electron micrograph images are presented which demonstrate biofilm on a middle-ear ventilation tube removed from a five-year-old child's chronically discharging ear. A review of the relevant international literature explores the role of biofilms in chronic infection and discusses potential intervention strategies.Conclusion: Biofilms may be responsible for chronic middle-ear ventilation tube infection that resists treatment with conventional antibiotics.


Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 258 (2) ◽  
pp. 195 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZHANG BO ◽  
LI YU

A new species, Stemonitis sichuanensis, collected in Gexigou National Natural Reserve, Sichuan province, China, is described herein. This new species has a columella that usually ends in an ovoid to triangular expansion at the apex of the sporotheca and small spores (about 6–7 μm in diam.). We present a scanning electron micrograph study of S. sichuanensis and a key to the species in the genus Stemonitis. Holotype specimens of S. sichuanensis are deposited in the Herbarium of the Mycological Institute of Jilin Agricultural University (HMJAU), Changchun, China. We also report a new record of another species of Stemonitis, S. marjana Y. Yamam., in this paper, specimens of which are also deposited in the HMJAU.


2013 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 365-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Sultana ◽  
HP Nur ◽  
T Saha ◽  
M Saha

In this research work, cellulosic waste mango (Mangifera indica) saw dust used as the reinforcing material with low density polyethylene (LDPE). A number of samples of saw dust reinforced low density polyethylene (LDPE) composites were prepared by compression moulding technique. In order to improve the mechanical properties of saw dust-LDPE composites, unbleached raw saw dust fibers were modified by oxidation using sodium hypochlorite. FT-IR spectroscopic and scanning electron micrograph (SEM) analyses were done and the results showed the evidence of positive oxidation reaction. The effects of oxidized saw dust on the performance of oxidized saw dust reinforced LDPE composites were studied comparing with the raw saw dust-LDPE composites. The effects of fiber content on the physico-mechanical properties of composites were also studied by preparing the composites with different percentage of fiber loading (from 7.5 wt% to 30 wt%) for each type of composite. Mechanical properties such as tensile strength, tensile modulus, elongation at break, flexural strength, flexural modulus of the resulting composite were measured. Better results were obtained from oxidized saw dust-LDPE composites. Scanning electron micrograph and water absorption tests were carried out for all composites and improved results were found for oxidized saw dust-LDPE composites. Bangladesh J. Sci. Ind. Res. 47(4), 365-372, 2012 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjsir.v47i4.14065


2009 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 706-710 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ali Saghiri ◽  
Mehrdad Lotfi ◽  
Ali Mohammad Saghiri ◽  
Sepideh Vosoughhosseini ◽  
Mohammad Aeinehchi ◽  
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1974 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 425 ◽  
Author(s):  
BG Butterfield ◽  
BA Meylan

The occurrence of vestures in the corners of the last few openings at each end of the scalariform perforation plates in Neomyrtus pedunculata is recorded and illustrated with a scanning electron micrograph.


1995 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 383-386
Author(s):  
SONIA L. FERREYRA ◽  
MARTA E. CROSA ◽  
HUGO JURI ◽  
ALEJANDRO FERREYRA

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